With Thursday Night Football done for the season, NFL picks can wait for Friday through the playoffs. We mostly did pretty well last week: Creston 13-3, Cutter and Blue 12-4, Batman, Mag, and Jivaro 11-5, Verno 9-7, and Rigs 6-10.

Cutter wrote on Dec 28, 2012, 21:23:Carrying on with my cheese dishes this week. Tonight I made Tartiflette. Super nummy!

I think you can get a bowl of that at Taco Bell. Bacon, cheese, and potatoes right?

Heh, Lardon is not the same thing as bacon - it's uncured - and there's really no equivalent to Reblochon. It has a very distinct flavour. And there's the cooking it in white wine. So yes, it's Taco Bell gone uptown.

“That's it. You people have stood in my way long enough. I'm going to clown college!”

jimnms wrote on Dec 28, 2012, 13:33:XCOM is $17.50 on GMG today. It's 50% off and stacks with the 30% off coupon (GMG30-DPLIM-DN831).

I'm still on the fence about it though. I still hear it's quite buggy and there haven't been any patches for it. I watched some let's play videos on YouTube back after its release, and it looks repetitive and might get bored with it after a while.

I got XCOM for XMAS and Im having a blast. Has me staying up way past bedtime, havent played a game like that in ages... well a new game anyway.

I can't argue about whether you'd get bored with the repetitiveness, though I'd say that that holds for all games. You're always doing the same things. The combat in Xcom is awesome, and imo varied enough to keep someone entertained for dozens of hours. The strategy portion, on the other hand, is fairly mediocre and even frustrating.

But buggy it isn't. I once had to restart a mission (the final one) because I did something that obviously broke the script that would allow me to go on. other than that, I've never had a single issue with it.

Xcom is a genuine GOTY candidate and for 17.50 it's an absolutely ridiculous steal.

XCOM is $17.50 on GMG today. It's 50% off and stacks with the 30% off coupon (GMG30-DPLIM-DN831).

I'm still on the fence about it though. I still hear it's quite buggy and there haven't been any patches for it. I watched some let's play videos on YouTube back after its release, and it looks repetitive and might get bored with it after a while.